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U'NIfrED 'STA'TES- PATENT "Orrice.

CHARLES. PERLEY, on NEwY'oRK, N. Y..

:MPRQMEMENTJN cLosiNG nocne- VV Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 37,'i77o, dated February 24, 1863` .To all whont it mayconcem:

Be it knownv that I, CHARLES PERLEY, of

I the city and State of New York, have invented,

. made, and applied touse a certain new'and useful Improvement in Meansfor Closing Doors; and IV do hereby declare that the following is afull, c1ear, and exact description of the nature of said in'vention,reference bein'g had to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecification, wherein- Figure 1 is a sideview of the upper part of adoor With the casing in. section, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the apparatusas applied upou'the t)p of thedoor.

Similar marks of 'reference denote the same parts. w

-In the onter doors of banks, houses, public 'builngs, schools, &c.,"doors are often re' quired that will open either outward or in-` Ward,and the same must not come against a rigid bearing, or else `the glassoften introduced in such doors is broken. Neither must the door bewithout a stopping-poiut, orthe windpartially opens the same.

UThe nature of my said inveution consists in an arrangement of pulleyson the door-casiug,

combined with avsaddle-piece' on the door,

from which `alcord, 'or its equivaleut, extends' through said pulleys toa weight, in such a manner that the ldoor can swing in either direction,and the'said saddle-piece forms a stop that will prevent the Windblowing the door open, hut not act suddenly or with a concus- ;sion-likelyto injnre the door or any glass contained in the same.

Injthe drawings, a represents .the door-cas- -ings, of any usual orsuitable Character, and b is the door.

c is a .Vshaped style, and the edge of theis a pulley, over which acord, g, from the weight h passes, and the end of said cord at-z tachesto the saddie-piece `ithat is on the top edge of the door. Thissaddle-piece is pro- Vided with a slot taking the pin 1, and the endnext the pulleys e e' is curved to correspond i With them, the cordbeing attached at the apex.

The operation is as follows The parts being at rest, as in Fig. 2, thesaddle-piece 'i is drawn between the two pnlleys e e' `by the cord g andweight h, and there held sufiiciently to prevent the door Vibrating Witha gust of Wind. When the door is swung either way, the saddle'piece'turns by the action of the pin 1 in the slot, With one of the rollers eor e' as the center, and then the pin 1, by itslfarther movement, drawsthe saddle away from the pulleys and elevates the weight h. VVhen thewear or concussion on them, and said face.

of the saddle-piece may be lined with leather or other material toprevent noise. .Springs might be snbstituted for the weight h.

Ha'ving thus described my said invention, what I ciaim, and desire tosecure by Letters' Patent, is-

Saddle-piece i, receiving the weight-cord,

in combination with the rollers e', and acting to close the door i'n themanner and as specified.

In .witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 15th day ofpril, 1861.

oHARLEs PERLEY.

Witnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL, THos. GEO. HAROLD,

